[Sigia-l] Re: implementing Dublin Core

[Sarah A. Rice]

Regarding whether to start with simple then go to qualified:

some of the presentations at the conference suggested doing it the other 
way around. It seemed like some of the qualifiers helped projects better 
describe their collections and allowed for more flexibility when applying 
DC. I found that to be true as well. The impression I got was that people 
want to use qualified DC more often, but could also "dumb it down" by using 
the simple version in order to sustain interoperability and adhere to a 
single standard.

What have others on the list experienced?

We're working on getting some case studies together. I'll make a general 
announcement to some IA listservs when there's something to look at.

Sarah

At 09:14 AM 3/17/2004, you wrote:

>Thanks Sarah.
>
>Case studies would be a huge help to people implementing Dublin Core
>metadata.
>
>My biggest question is whether or not it is practicle to first implement
>Simple Dublin Core and then move up gradually to Qualified Dublin Core. Has
>anyone tried this?
>
>FYI - I've found the resources at dublincore.org and at the Open Archive
>Initiative to be very helpful and plain speaking. We were also lucky enough
>to get some consultation with Diane Hillman herself, who got us up to speed
>very quickly.
>
>Thanks,
>JC

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Sarah A. Rice . Information Architect . rice at seneb.com . (408) 269-6786